"Again it may be due to better support for WYSIWYG output during printing and pre-press, better color matching etc."
Basically that. Whenever you wonder why something "odd" gets a foothold, look for the money trail.
One thing to note is that there was a couple of Amiga variants that lived on in broadcast media, as it was very capable of doing video work.
BTW, the BYOD kinda happened back in the day as well. There is a claim that accountants brought their personal AppleII to work so they didn't have to fight for mainframe time.
Edit: oh, and i wonder how much the dock connector had to say for the long term uptake of iPhone in the corporate world. Never mind that Apple was quick to offer a WSUS like service to handle app rollouts.
The old saw goes VisiCalc sold more Apples than Apples sold VisiCalc. Of course then Lotus 1-2-3 came on to the market and even MultiCalc struggled to compete with that.
Basically that. Whenever you wonder why something "odd" gets a foothold, look for the money trail.
One thing to note is that there was a couple of Amiga variants that lived on in broadcast media, as it was very capable of doing video work.
BTW, the BYOD kinda happened back in the day as well. There is a claim that accountants brought their personal AppleII to work so they didn't have to fight for mainframe time.
Edit: oh, and i wonder how much the dock connector had to say for the long term uptake of iPhone in the corporate world. Never mind that Apple was quick to offer a WSUS like service to handle app rollouts.